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Children's Defense Fund


Name: Children's Defense Fund
Year: 2006
Issue: Family and Children Issues
Website: http://www.childrensdefense.org
Email: cdfinfo@childrensdefense.org
Address:
25 E Street, Northwest
Washington, DC 20001
CDF is the foremost national proponent of policies and programs that provide children with the resources they need to succeed. We champion policies that will lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation.

Children's Defense Fund Ratings:

AKU.S. SenateSrLisa MurkowskiRepublican10
AKU.S. HouseAt-LargeDonald YoungRepublican20
ALU.S. SenateSrRichard ShelbyRepublican0
ALU.S. SenateJrJefferson SessionsRepublican0
ALU.S. House1Josiah BonnerRepublican20
ALU.S. House3Michael RogersRepublican40
ALU.S. House4Robert AderholtRepublican30
ALU.S. House6Spencer BachusRepublican30
ALU.S. House7Artur DavisDemocratic100
ARU.S. SenateSrBlanche LincolnDemocratic70
ARU.S. SenateJrMark PryorDemocratic80
ARU.S. House1Robert BerryDemocratic80
ARU.S. House2Victor SnyderDemocratic90
ARU.S. House3John BoozmanRepublican30
ARU.S. House4Michael RossDemocratic70
AZU.S. SenateSrJohn McCainRepublican10
AZU.S. SenateJrJon KylRepublican0
AZU.S. House2Trent FranksRepublican0
AZU.S. House3John ShadeggRepublican0
AZU.S. House4Ed PastorDemocratic100
AZU.S. House6Jeff FlakeRepublican10
AZU.S. House7Raúl GrijalvaDemocratic100
CAU.S. SenateSrDianne FeinsteinDemocratic90
CAU.S. SenateJrBarbara BoxerDemocratic100
CAU.S. House1Michael ThompsonDemocratic90
CAU.S. House2Walter HergerRepublican20
CAU.S. House3Daniel LungrenRepublican20
CAU.S. House5Doris MatsuiDemocratic100
CAU.S. House6Lynn WoolseyDemocratic100
CAU.S. House7George MillerDemocratic80
CAU.S. House8Nancy PelosiDemocratic100
CAU.S. House9Barbara LeeDemocratic90
CAU.S. House13Fortney StarkDemocratic80
CAU.S. House14Anna EshooDemocratic100
CAU.S. House15Michael HondaDemocratic100
CAU.S. House16Zoe LofgrenDemocratic90
CAU.S. House17Sam FarrDemocratic100
CAU.S. House18Dennis CardozaDemocratic70
CAU.S. House19George RadanovichRepublican10
CAU.S. House20Jim CostaDemocratic80
CAU.S. House21Devin NunesRepublican20
CAU.S. House23Lois CappsDemocratic100
CAU.S. House24Elton GalleglyRepublican20
CAU.S. House25Howard McKeonRepublican30
CAU.S. House26David DreierRepublican30
CAU.S. House27Brad ShermanDemocratic100
CAU.S. House28Howard BermanDemocratic90
CAU.S. House29Adam SchiffDemocratic90
CAU.S. House30Henry WaxmanDemocratic100
CAU.S. House31Xavier BecerraDemocratic100
CAU.S. House33Diane WatsonDemocratic90
CAU.S. House34Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratic100
CAU.S. House35Maxine WatersDemocratic80
CAU.S. House36Jane HarmanDemocratic100
CAU.S. House38Grace NapolitanoDemocratic100
CAU.S. House39Linda SánchezDemocratic100
CAU.S. House40Edward RoyceRepublican10
CAU.S. House41Jerry LewisRepublican30
CAU.S. House42Gary MillerRepublican20
CAU.S. House43Joe BacaDemocratic90
CAU.S. House44Ken CalvertRepublican20
CAU.S. House45Mary Bono MackRepublican20
CAU.S. House46Dana RohrabacherRepublican0
CAU.S. House47Loretta SanchezDemocratic100
CAU.S. House48John B.T. CampbellRepublican10
CAU.S. House49Darrell IssaRepublican20
CAU.S. House50Brian BilbrayRepublican0
CAU.S. House51Bob FilnerDemocratic90
CAU.S. House53Susan DavisDemocratic90
COU.S. SenateSrMark UdallDemocratic90
COU.S. House1Diana DeGetteDemocratic100
COU.S. House3John SalazarDemocratic70
CTU.S. SenateSrChristopher DoddDemocratic100
CTU.S. SenateJrJoseph LiebermanIndependent Democrat90
CTU.S. House1John LarsonDemocratic80
CTU.S. House3Rosa DeLauroDemocratic100
DEU.S. SenateSrThomas CarperDemocratic90
DEU.S. HouseAt-LargeMichael CastleRepublican40
FLU.S. SenateSrBill NelsonDemocratic60
FLU.S. House1Jeff MillerRepublican10
FLU.S. House2Allen BoydDemocratic70
FLU.S. House3Corrine BrownDemocratic90
FLU.S. House4Ander CrenshawRepublican20
FLU.S. House5Virginia Brown-WaiteRepublican10
FLU.S. House6Clifford StearnsRepublican0
FLU.S. House7John MicaRepublican20
FLU.S. House10C. W. Bill YoungRepublican20
FLU.S. House12Adam PutnamRepublican10
FLU.S. House14Connie MackRepublican30
FLU.S. House17Kendrick MeekDemocratic100
FLU.S. House18Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublican20
FLU.S. House20Debbie Wasserman SchultzDemocratic100
FLU.S. House21Lincoln Diaz-BalartRepublican20
FLU.S. House23Alcee HastingsDemocratic90
FLU.S. House25Mario Diaz-BalartRepublican20
GAU.S. SenateSrC. Saxby ChamblissRepublican0
GAU.S. SenateJrJohn IsaksonRepublican0
GAU.S. House1Jack KingstonRepublican20
GAU.S. House2Sanford BishopDemocratic90
GAU.S. House3Lynn WestmorelandRepublican20
GAU.S. House5John LewisDemocratic90
GAU.S. House6Thomas PriceRepublican10
GAU.S. House7John LinderRepublican20
GAU.S. House8James MarshallDemocratic60
GAU.S. House9Nathan DealRepublican20
GAU.S. House11Phil GingreyRepublican20
GAU.S. House12John BarrowDemocratic60
GAU.S. House13David ScottDemocratic90
HIU.S. SenateSrDaniel InouyeDemocratic100
HIU.S. SenateJrDaniel AkakaDemocratic100
HIU.S. House1Neil AbercrombieDemocratic80
IAU.S. SenateSrCharles GrassleyRepublican10
IAU.S. SenateJrThomas HarkinDemocratic100
IAU.S. House3Leonard BoswellDemocratic80
IAU.S. House4Thomas LathamRepublican20
IAU.S. House5Steve KingRepublican20
IDU.S. SenateSrMichael CrapoRepublican0
IDU.S. House2Michael SimpsonRepublican30
ILU.S. SenateSrRichard DurbinDemocratic100
ILU.S. House1Bobby RushDemocratic90
ILU.S. House2Jesse JacksonDemocratic100
ILU.S. House3Daniel LipinskiDemocratic100
ILU.S. House4Luis GutierrezDemocratic100
ILU.S. House7Danny DavisDemocratic90
ILU.S. House8Melissa BeanDemocratic50
ILU.S. House9Janice SchakowskyDemocratic100
ILU.S. House10Mark KirkRepublican30
ILU.S. House12Jerry CostelloDemocratic90
ILU.S. House13Judy BiggertRepublican10
ILU.S. House15Timothy JohnsonRepublican50
ILU.S. House16Donald ManzulloRepublican10
ILU.S. House19John ShimkusRepublican20
INU.S. SenateSrRichard LugarRepublican20
INU.S. SenateJrEvan BayhDemocratic100
INU.S. House1Peter ViscloskyDemocratic100
INU.S. House3Mark SouderRepublican10
INU.S. House4Stephen BuyerRepublican30
INU.S. House5Dan BurtonRepublican20
INU.S. House6Mike PenceRepublican20
KSU.S. SenateSrSamuel BrownbackRepublican0
KSU.S. SenateJrPat RobertsRepublican10
KSU.S. House1Jerry MoranRepublican30
KSU.S. House3Dennis MooreDemocratic90
KSU.S. House4Todd TiahrtRepublican40
KYU.S. SenateSrMitch McConnellRepublican0
KYU.S. SenateJrJim BunningRepublican0
KYU.S. House1Edward WhitfieldRepublican30
KYU.S. House4Geoff DavisRepublican30
KYU.S. House5Harold RogersRepublican40
KYU.S. House6Albert ChandlerDemocratic70
LAU.S. SenateSrMary LandrieuDemocratic80
LAU.S. SenateJrDavid VitterRepublican0
LAU.S. House3Charles MelanconDemocratic60
LAU.S. House5Rodney AlexanderRepublican20
LAU.S. House7Charles BoustanyRepublican30
LAGovernorPiyush JindalRepublican40
MAU.S. SenateSrJohn KerryDemocratic100
MAU.S. House1John OlverDemocratic100
MAU.S. House2Richard NealDemocratic100
MAU.S. House3James McGovernDemocratic100
MAU.S. House4Barney FrankDemocratic90
MAU.S. House6John TierneyDemocratic100
MAU.S. House7Edward MarkeyDemocratic90
MAU.S. House8Michael CapuanoDemocratic90
MAU.S. House9Stephen LynchDemocratic100
MAU.S. House10William DelahuntDemocratic80
MDU.S. SenateSrBarbara MikulskiDemocratic100
MDU.S. SenateJrBenjamin CardinDemocratic100
MDU.S. House2C.A. Dutch RuppersbergerDemocratic80
MDU.S. House5Steny HoyerDemocratic100
MDU.S. House6Roscoe BartlettRepublican40
MDU.S. House7Elijah CummingsDemocratic100
MDU.S. House8Christopher Van HollenDemocratic100
MEU.S. SenateSrOlympia SnoweRepublican60
MEU.S. SenateJrSusan CollinsRepublican60
MEU.S. House2Michael MichaudDemocratic100
MIU.S. SenateSrCarl LevinDemocratic100
MIU.S. SenateJrDebbie StabenowDemocratic90
MIU.S. House1Bart StupakDemocratic90
MIU.S. House2Peter HoekstraRepublican20
MIU.S. House3Vernon EhlersRepublican30
MIU.S. House4David CampRepublican30
MIU.S. House5Dale KildeeDemocratic100
MIU.S. House6Frederick UptonRepublican30
MIU.S. House8Mike RogersRepublican30
MIU.S. House10Candice MillerRepublican20
MIU.S. House11Thaddeus McCotterRepublican40
MIU.S. House12Sander LevinDemocratic100
MIU.S. House13Carolyn KilpatrickDemocratic100
MIU.S. House14John ConyersDemocratic80
MIU.S. House15John DingellDemocratic100
MNU.S. House2John KlineRepublican30
MNU.S. House4Betty McCollumDemocratic/Farmer/Labor100
MNU.S. House7Collin PetersonDemocratic/Farmer/Labor70
MNU.S. House8James OberstarDemocratic/Farmer/Labor90
MOU.S. SenateSrChristopher BondRepublican0
MOU.S. House1William ClayDemocratic80
MOU.S. House2W. Todd AkinRepublican10
MOU.S. House3John CarnahanDemocratic100
MOU.S. House4Ike SkeltonDemocratic90
MOU.S. House5Emanuel CleaverDemocratic100
MOU.S. House6Samuel GravesRepublican30
MOU.S. House7Roy BluntRepublican20
MOU.S. House8Jo Ann EmersonRepublican40
MSU.S. SenateSrThad CochranRepublican10
MSU.S. SenateJrRoger WickerRepublican20
MSU.S. House2Bennie ThompsonDemocratic100
MSU.S. House4Gene TaylorDemocratic90
MTU.S. SenateSrMax BaucusDemocratic70
MTU.S. HouseAt-LargeDennis RehbergRepublican20
NAPresidentBarack ObamaDemocratic100
NAVice PresidentJoseph BidenDemocratic100
NAU.S. Secretary of LaborHilda Solis100
NAU.S. Secretary of StateHillary ClintonDemocratic90
NAU.S. Secretary of TransportationRay LaHood20
NAU.S. Secretary of the InteriorKen Salazar90
NCU.S. SenateSrRichard BurrRepublican10
NCU.S. House1George ButterfieldDemocratic100
NCU.S. House2Bob EtheridgeDemocratic100
NCU.S. House3Walter JonesRepublican70
NCU.S. House4David PriceDemocratic100
NCU.S. House5Virginia FoxxRepublican20
NCU.S. House6John CobleRepublican20
NCU.S. House7Douglas McIntyreDemocratic60
NCU.S. House9Suellen MyrickRepublican20
NCU.S. House10Patrick McHenryRepublican20
NCU.S. House12Melvin WattDemocratic100
NCU.S. House13Ralph MillerDemocratic100
NDU.S. SenateSrKent ConradDemocratic-NPL100
NDU.S. SenateJrByron DorganDemocratic-NPL100
NDU.S. HouseAt-LargeEarl PomeroyDemocratic-NPL100
NEU.S. SenateSrE. Benjamin NelsonDemocratic60
NEU.S. House1Jeff FortenberryRepublican30
NEU.S. House2Lee TerryRepublican20
NHU.S. SenateSrJudd GreggRepublican0
NJU.S. SenateSrFrank LautenbergDemocratic100
NJU.S. SenateJrRobert MenendezDemocratic90
NJU.S. House1Robert AndrewsDemocratic90
NJU.S. House2Frank LoBiondoRepublican30
NJU.S. House4Christopher SmithRepublican50
NJU.S. House5Scott GarrettRepublican20
NJU.S. House6Frank PalloneDemocratic100
NJU.S. House8William PascrellDemocratic100
NJU.S. House9Steven RothmanDemocratic100
NJU.S. House10Donald PayneDemocratic70
NJU.S. House11Rodney FrelinghuysenRepublican20
NJU.S. House12Rush HoltDemocratic100
NMU.S. SenateSrJeff BingamanDemocratic90
NMU.S. SenateJrTom UdallDemocratic100
NVU.S. SenateSrHarry ReidDemocratic100
NVU.S. SenateJrJohn EnsignRepublican10
NVU.S. House1Shelley BerkleyDemocratic70
NYU.S. SenateSrCharles SchumerDemocratic80
NYU.S. House1Timothy BishopDemocratic100
NYU.S. House2Steve IsraelDemocratic100
NYU.S. House3Peter KingRepublican40
NYU.S. House4Carolyn McCarthyDemocratic100
NYU.S. House5Gary AckermanDemocratic90
NYU.S. House6Gregory MeeksDemocratic90
NYU.S. House7Joseph CrowleyDemocratic100
NYU.S. House8Jerrold NadlerDemocratic100
NYU.S. House9Anthony WeinerDemocratic100
NYU.S. House10Edolphus TownsDemocratic90
NYU.S. House12Nydia VelázquezDemocratic100
NYU.S. House14Carolyn MaloneyDemocratic90
NYU.S. House15Charles RangelDemocratic100
NYU.S. House16José SerranoDemocratic80
NYU.S. House17Eliot EngelDemocratic100
NYU.S. House18Nita LoweyDemocratic100
NYU.S. House22Maurice HincheyDemocratic100
NYU.S. House27Brian HigginsDemocratic100
NYU.S. House28Louise SlaughterDemocratic100
OHU.S. SenateSrGeorge VoinovichRepublican60
OHU.S. SenateJrSherrod BrownDemocratic80
OHU.S. House2Jean SchmidtRepublican20
OHU.S. House3Michael TurnerRepublican30
OHU.S. House8John BoehnerRepublican20
OHU.S. House9Marcy KapturDemocratic100
OHU.S. House10Dennis KucinichDemocratic100
OHU.S. House12Patrick TiberiRepublican20
OHU.S. House14Steven LaTouretteRepublican50
OHU.S. House17Timothy RyanDemocratic90
OKU.S. SenateSrJames InhofeRepublican0
OKU.S. SenateJrThomas CoburnRepublican10
OKU.S. House1John SullivanRepublican20
OKU.S. House2David BorenDemocratic50
OKU.S. House3Frank LucasRepublican20
OKU.S. House4Tom ColeRepublican20
ORU.S. SenateSrRon WydenDemocratic100
ORU.S. House1David WuDemocratic90
ORU.S. House2Greg WaldenRepublican30
ORU.S. House3Earl BlumenauerDemocratic80
ORU.S. House4Peter DeFazioDemocratic80
PAU.S. SenateSrArlen SpecterDemocratic30
PAU.S. House1Robert BradyDemocratic100
PAU.S. House2Chaka FattahDemocratic100
PAU.S. House6Jim GerlachRepublican60
PAU.S. House9Bill ShusterRepublican30
PAU.S. House11Paul KanjorskiDemocratic90
PAU.S. House12John MurthaDemocratic100
PAU.S. House13Allyson SchwartzDemocratic90
PAU.S. House14Michael DoyleDemocratic90
PAU.S. House15Charles DentRepublican30
PAU.S. House16Joseph PittsRepublican10
PAU.S. House17Tim HoldenDemocratic90
PAU.S. House18Tim MurphyRepublican40
PAU.S. House19Todd PlattsRepublican40
RIU.S. SenateSrJohn ReedDemocratic100
RIU.S. House1Patrick KennedyDemocratic70
RIU.S. House2James LangevinDemocratic90
SCU.S. SenateSrLindsey GrahamRepublican0
SCU.S. SenateJrJim DeMintRepublican0
SCU.S. House1Henry BrownRepublican20
SCU.S. House2Addison WilsonRepublican20
SCU.S. House3J. Gresham BarrettRepublican30
SCU.S. House4Robert InglisRepublican30
SCU.S. House5John SprattDemocratic100
SCU.S. House6James ClyburnDemocratic100
SDU.S. SenateSrTim JohnsonDemocratic90
SDU.S. SenateJrJohn ThuneRepublican10
SDU.S. HouseAt-LargeStephanie Herseth SandlinDemocratic70
TNU.S. SenateSrLamar AlexanderRepublican10
TNU.S. House2John DuncanRepublican10
TNU.S. House3Zach WampRepublican10
TNU.S. House4Lincoln DavisDemocratic60
TNU.S. House5Jim CooperDemocratic90
TNU.S. House6Bart GordonDemocratic60
TNU.S. House7Marsha BlackburnRepublican20
TNU.S. House8John TannerDemocratic60
TXU.S. SenateSrKay HutchisonRepublican10
TXU.S. SenateJrJohn CornynRepublican0
TXU.S. House1Louie GohmertRepublican20
TXU.S. House2Ted PoeRepublican30
TXU.S. House3Samuel JohnsonRepublican10
TXU.S. House4Ralph HallRepublican20
TXU.S. House5Jeb HensarlingRepublican10
TXU.S. House6Joe BartonRepublican40
TXU.S. House7John CulbersonRepublican30
TXU.S. House8Kevin BradyRepublican30
TXU.S. House9Al GreenDemocratic100
TXU.S. House10Michael McCaulRepublican30
TXU.S. House11K. Michael ConawayRepublican20
TXU.S. House12Kay GrangerRepublican20
TXU.S. House13William ThornberryRepublican30
TXU.S. House14Ronald PaulRepublican50
TXU.S. House15Rubén HinojosaDemocratic90
TXU.S. House16Silvestre ReyesDemocratic100
TXU.S. House17Thomas EdwardsDemocratic70
TXU.S. House18Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratic90
TXU.S. House19Randy NeugebauerRepublican10
TXU.S. House20Charles GonzalezDemocratic100
TXU.S. House21Lamar SmithRepublican30
TXU.S. House24Kenny MarchantRepublican30
TXU.S. House25Lloyd DoggettDemocratic80
TXU.S. House26Michael BurgessRepublican30
TXU.S. House27Solomon OrtizDemocratic100
TXU.S. House28Henry CuellarDemocratic60
TXU.S. House29Raymond GreenDemocratic100
TXU.S. House30Eddie JohnsonDemocratic100
TXU.S. House31John CarterRepublican10
TXU.S. House32Peter SessionsRepublican20
UTU.S. SenateSrOrrin HatchRepublican10
UTU.S. SenateJrRobert BennettRepublican10
UTU.S. House1Rob BishopRepublican20
UTU.S. House2Jim MathesonDemocratic50
VAU.S. House3Robert ScottDemocratic100
VAU.S. House4James Randy ForbesRepublican20
VAU.S. House6Robert GoodlatteRepublican20
VAU.S. House7Eric CantorRepublican20
VAU.S. House8James MoranDemocratic90
VAU.S. House9Frederick BoucherDemocratic80
VAU.S. House10Frank WolfRepublican20
VTU.S. SenateSrPatrick LeahyDemocratic100
VTU.S. SenateJrBernard SandersIndependent100
WAU.S. SenateSrPatty MurrayDemocratic100
WAU.S. SenateJrMaria CantwellDemocratic90
WAU.S. House1Jay InsleeDemocratic90
WAU.S. House2Rick LarsenDemocratic90
WAU.S. House3Brian BairdDemocratic80
WAU.S. House4Doc HastingsRepublican20
WAU.S. House5Cathy McMorris RodgersRepublican20
WAU.S. House6Norman DicksDemocratic100
WAU.S. House7James McDermottDemocratic100
WAU.S. House8David ReichertRepublican40
WAU.S. House9Adam SmithDemocratic80
WIU.S. SenateSrHerbert KohlDemocratic100
WIU.S. SenateJrRussell FeingoldDemocratic100
WIU.S. House1Paul RyanRepublican20
WIU.S. House2Tammy BaldwinDemocratic90
WIU.S. House3Ronald KindDemocratic90
WIU.S. House4Gwendolynne MooreDemocratic100
WIU.S. House5F. James SensenbrennerRepublican20
WIU.S. House6Thomas PetriRepublican10
WIU.S. House7David Ross ObeyDemocratic90
WVU.S. SenateSrRobert ByrdDemocratic90
WVU.S. SenateJrJohn RockefellerDemocratic60
WVU.S. House1Alan MollohanDemocratic80
WVU.S. House2Shelley CapitoRepublican40
WVU.S. House3Nick RahallDemocratic80
WYU.S. SenateSrMichael EnziRepublican0

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